Safety-match tray



A. A. TUBBS.

SAFETY MATCH TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED 001.13, 1919.

Patented May 24,1921.

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ANTHONY A. TUBBS, OF HAMMOND, INDIANA.

SAFETY-MATCH TRAY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 24, 1921.

Application filed October 13, 1919. Serial No. 830,355.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AN'rHoNY A. Tunes, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Hammond, in the countyof Lakeand State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Safety-Match Trays,

of which the following is a full, clear, and

exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for holding safetymatches, the invention being primarily designed to be used foradvertising, and it consists in the combinations, constructions andarrangements herein described and claimed.

An object of my invention is to provide a holder for safety matcheswhich may be placed in hotels, restaurants, and the like, so as toaflord easy access to the safety matches and to the striking surface,while at the same time preventing the liability of the box being carriedaway, as often happens where boxes are placed in holders from which theymay be readily removed.

A further object of my invention is to provide a match tray in which abox of safety matches may be readily placed, the border portions of thetray being available for advertising purposes.

A further object of my invention is to provide an advertising deviceconsisting of a safety match holder which is simple in construction andcheap to manufacture.

Other objects and advantages will appear in the following specification,and the novel features of the invention will be particularly pointed outin the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming partof this ap plication, in which Figure l is a perspective view of thetray with the match box and striking surfaces disposed thereon.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tray.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig 1. F *ig. 4 is a section onthe line 4l4 of in carrying out my invention, I make use of a plate 5 ofsheet metal such as brass, tin, etc., which may be polished,nickelplated, or enameled, as desired, or otherwise decorated orfinished. This plate is designed to bear advertising matter, such asthat shown at 2, the advertising matter being stamped, printed orotherwise impressed on the plate. The plate 5 has stamped therefrom twoportions, 6 and 7 these portions having inwardly turned flanges 8 and 9.This leaves a simple supporting member 10 between the two openlugs 11and 12, which are left by stamping out the pieces 6 and 7.

In order to place the box containing the matches, the outer telescopicmember of an ordinary safety match box has one face removed and theportions containing the striking surfaces 18 and 1 1 are bent out flatin alinement with the remaining face 16. This face, or side, is placedbetween the upright portions 6 and 7, the striking portions 13 and 14projecting beyond, as shown in the fi ure. The inner telescopic box ortray 15 0 an ordinary safety match box is now slid in underneath theflanges 8 and 9 on top of the portion 16, to which the striking surfaceis attached. The bending of the striking surfaces 13 and 14 intoalinement with the portion 16 places these portions under tension whenthe tray 15 is forced underneath the flanges 8 and 9, so that thestriking surfaces, as well as the tray, are firmly held in position sothat the tray may be readily moved about without any danger of the partsbecoming detached. When, however, it is desired to remove the boxportion 15 or the portion bearing the striking surfaces, it may beinstantly done by forcing the box 15 laterally from underneath theflanges, when a new box or new striking surface may be replaced.

A device of the kind described is useful for advertising purposes. Inrestaurants and hotels which leave boxes of safety matches on theircounters for customers, there is quite a loss, due to the fact thatthese boxes are carried away by patrons, a great many timesunintentionally, but with my device one could not, of course,unintentionally carry the box away, the result being a great saving inmatches.

The device is simple in construction and of low cost to manufacture.

I claim:

1. A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relativelywide marginal portions and having a pair of uprights struck up from thecentral portion of the metal sheet, said uprights being spaced apart andbeing parallel with each other and each being provided with a flange atits upper end extending toward the opposite upright, the openings formedby the struck up portions separated by an intervening integral portionof the plate, and an open box having its ends extending underneath saidflanges for holding a sheet containing striking portions in position.

2. A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relativelywide marginal portions and having uprights struck up from the centralportion of the sheet, said uprights being spaced apart and each beingprovided with a flange at its upper end extending toward the oppositeupright, a sheet disposed between the uprights, said sheet havingextensions beyond the uprights, said extensions constituting strikingsurfaces for safety matches, and an open box for holding matchesdisposed on the central portion of the sheet between the uprights, theupper edges of the box being underneath said flanges.

3, A safety match tray comprising a flat metal sheet having relativelyWide marginal portions and having uprights spaced apart, each of saiduprights having a flange extending toward the opposite upright, a sheetdisposed between said uprights and having safety match striking surfacesextending beyond the uprights on either side thereof, and an open boxfor containing matches disposed between said uprights, the upper edgesof the box lying underneath the flanges.

i. A device of the type described, comprising a flat metal sheet havingrelatively wide marginal portions available for advertising purposes andhaving a pair of uprights struck up from the metal sheet, said uprightsbeing spaced apart and being parallel with each other, the openingsformed by the struck up portions being separated by an interveningintegral portionof the plate, each upright having a right angular flangeextending toward the opposite upright, a sheet disposed between theuprights and having extensions beyond the uprights, said extensionsconstituting striking surfaces for safety matches, and an open boxforholding matches disposed on the central portion of the sheet between theuprights, the upper edges of the box being underneath said flanges andsecurely held thereby.

ANTHONY A. TUBES.

